Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria

Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria
Date1223 (first), 1229–1230 (second), and 1236 AD (third)
Location
Result Initial raids repulsed, subsequent invasions were a decisive Mongol victory
Territorial
changes
Bulgar territories added to Mongol Empire
Belligerents
Mongol Empire Volga Bulgaria
Commanders and leaders
Subutai
Jebe (1223)
Sunitay and Kukedey (1229–1230)
Batu and Subutai (1236)
Ghabdula Chelbir
Puresh[citation needed]
Inäzor Purgaz[citation needed]
Units involved
Predominantly horse archers and other cavalry unknown
Strength
1223: Less than 20,000
1229: 20,000
1236: ~35,000[1][2]
Casualties and losses
Light casualties , defeated in their first attack Heavy

The Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria lasted from 1223 to 1236. The Bulgar state, centered in lower Volga and Kama, was the center of the fur trade in Eurasia throughout most of its history. Before the Mongol conquest, Russians of Novgorod and Vladimir repeatedly looted and attacked the area, thereby weakening the Bulgar state's economy and military power.[3] The latter ambushed the Mongols in the later 1223 or in 1224.[4] Several clashes occurred between 1229–1234, and the Mongol Empire conquered the Bulgars in 1236.

  1. ^ László, Markó (2000). Great Honours of the Hungarian State. Budapest: Magyar Könyvklub. ISBN 963-547-085-1.
  2. ^ Liptai, Ervin (1985). Military history of Hungary (2 ed.). Budapest: Zrínyi katonai Kiadó. ISBN 963-326-337-9.
  3. ^ George V. Lantzeff – Russian Eastward Expansion before the Mongol Invasion, American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 6, No. 3/4 (Dec., 1947), pp. 1–10
  4. ^ Allsen, Thomas T. – The Princes of the Left Hand: An Introduction to the History of the ulus of Orda in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries, Archivum Eurasiae medii aevi, 5 (1987), 5 – 40.

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